I have preaching against Drexel for a week now. Glad Bilas said the same thing i did.
1. Cuse --- they had 22 wins and went 10-6 and won a game in conf tourney (just like Ksu). Played very good down the stretch winning 6 of 8 including a win over G'town (who is 15-1 last 16 games)
2. Ksu ---- won 22 and 11 conference just like Cuse. Won 12 of 17 with 3 of losses being to #1 seed ku. Our big wins were not at home like some schools. Our 3 impressive wins were on road/neutral courts. Looked impressive in conf tourney.
3. Drexel -- They went 13-5 in conf which is pretty decent. Most years that won't be 4th, but it was this year. But they went 1-5 vs top 3 teams (all top 100 rpi teams). They had 12 wins vs other conf teams (all sub 100 RPI teams)
Ksu and Drexel both were 4th and both went 1-5 vs top 3 teams. However we finished 4th in the Big 12, not the 13rd rated conf and our top 3 teams are 3 of the top 15 teams in America. Drexel had 3 great road wins, but Ksu was almost as impressive with 3 great wins away from home (1 road 2 nuetral)
4. FSU -- All of their losses were to good teams. Good wins vs Fla, Maryland and at duke. However..........
* FSU vs 3 bad ACC teams (5-11 NC ST, 5-11 Wake, 4-12 Miami) were 4-0
* Fsu vs 8 solid teams were 4-10
* So they 14 chances to take on solid teams in ACC and they lost 10 of those 14 games. That ain't good enough
5. W Virg --- Played zero road games in non con. 6 of 10 Big East wins vs teams 133 or higher on RPI. 2 good wins over Ucla/Nova aren't enough to over come the first 2 statements
6. Mo St --- Went 12-6 in 5th rated conf. big win vs Wisc. However they were 0-5 vs top 2 MVC teams
